Combined time-table ticket holder, and advertising device



L. R. WATERMAN 1 COMBINED TIME TABLE, TI CKET HOLDER, AND ADVERTISINGDEVICE Fil ed Nov. 10, 1924 03 Q avwemboz lr Ti. M aferma n $51 71123Gum-W g ace: Oct. 30, 1928. l.

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i Application tiled Rovember .1

Thisinvention relates to hbldersfor tickets,

such as commutation and trip railroad, tick--'- ets, andjitlis object ofthe, invention to, provide a holder, which. is in the nature of a folderto serve as an enclosing protector for" a the ticket when not in use andstored away in, 1

' a pocketlor walletfandby which theticket without removalfromitsholder'may be readily Presented t-OQaQconductOnfOr. observation: andpunching, and to provide a holder'for this purpose which-is novel,simple andcheap instructure C It is another object ofjtl 'e invention tocombinewith 1a=-ticket,h0lder ofgthis character a time-table by printingthereon, preferably on the inner surface thereof, a schedule of therunning time of trains betweenthe points or stations for which theticket is issued, said i folder being adapted to have matter printedthereon, preferably on the outer surface,

whereby the holder may also serve as an adsche vertising medium. y a

In carrying out the invention I provide a sheet of material, preferablyrelatively stiff though flexible paper, and print on one surface thereofa schedule of the running time of trains, and print on the other surfacematter, such as advertisements, and fold said sheet upon itself to forma folder, said sheet bein referably folded so that the printed dulb willbe on the inside. I attach to the inner surface of the sheet a striportab extending transversel thereof and between which strip and the fo dera ticket is engaged to hold the ticket along a marginal portion thereof,saidstrip or tab being arranged so that the ticket will extend injuxtaposed relation to one flap of the folder and when the ,of thefolder moved to open position to obfolder is folded the ticket will beenclosed and protected thereby. The strip or tab is arranged so that theticketmay he slid outward from the folder, or the folder and ticket maybe bent or flexed laterally one from each other, for ready presentationto a conductor to be observed and punched byhim.

V In the drawings accompanying and formin a part of this specification,

igure 1 is a perspective viewlooking at the front of the device inclosedcondition.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the holder shown in Figure 1 with aportion of one flap serve a schedule or other matter printed on theinner'surface thereof; and

Figure 3 is aperspectlve V1W Of the holder ticket to the conductor inpositi onto be; read the folder as comprising two flaps it'willbe o,1924. Serial No. 749,080.

shown in Figure '1;=showingtheholder in; open condition andone flap iandtheqticket bent" apart" from each other to present; the

ily punched'by him. 1 r

In carryingbut tl1e ;embodiment of the 1nvent1on, a sheet. of paper,preferably rela-L tlvely stifl' though flexible) is foldedupon ltself toforma! folder having flaps 6 ,7 and the running schedule of trainsprinted; onthe innerisurface and advertising matter on the outer surfacethereof: ToRada-pt the folder-as a holder for a ticket T, such;

as a railroad commutation .or trip ticket,

issued for use between designated points-or stations on a railroad, aholding strip or tab 8 of transparent andflexible material, cel luloidand the like havingbeen found desirable for this purpose, wherebyprinted matter below said strip may be observed through the same, isattached by staples 9 at the outer marginal portion of one of the fiapsin the present instanceflap7 and at. the portion-of the folder adjacentthe fold of the flaps to' extend parallel with said fold, a marginalportion of the ticket being engaged between said strip andthe flap tohold the ticket by.

the folder, the engagement of the ticket beyond the strip being limitedby the abutment of the edge of the ticket against the fold of the flaps,or such engagement of the ticket may be limited by a staple 10intermediate the ends of the strip. In this arrangement to facilitatethe reading of the time table on the inner side of the fold be- 9 lowvthe ticket, and also to facilitate the presenting of the ticket to theconductor for inspection and punching, the flap 7 is arranged withatransverse weakened portion, as by scoring, on a line parallel with thefold and spaced from the fold a distance substantially equal tothe widthof the strip,

as at 11, whereby said flap 7 may be bent laterally on said scored lineas shown in Figure 2. The ticket is of less width and length than theflaps of the folder so that when the folder is folded the ticket will beenclosed within and protected by the flaps.

While I have illustrated and described obvious that the folder may becomposed v of three or-more flaps with the ticket-holding strap 8attached to one of the flaps. It will also be understood that variousmodifications may be made in, detail arrangement 11o of parts, and thatportions of the invention may be used without others and come within thescope of the invention.

Having thus described my invention I claim:

1. In a holder for railroad tickets, a folder comprising a sheet foldedupon itself to divide the sheet into flaps and having printed thereon aschedule of the running time of trains and having other printed matterthereon to adapt the folder as an advertising medium, and a strip oftransparent material attached to the sheet with one edge extendingtransversely of and contiguous to the fold for the engagement of aticket hetween said strip and the folder, and said sheet arranged with aweakened portion to extend transversely and parallel to the fold andspaced from the fold a distance equal to the width of the strip wherebysaid flap of the folder may be readily bent laterally for thepresentation of the ticket for punching to the conductor.

2. In a combined time table and holder for a railroad ticket, a foldercomprising a sheet folded upon itself to form a pair of flaps havingprinted thereon a schedule of the running time of trains and otherprinted matter thereon to adaptit as an advertisin 'g medium, a strip oftransparent material at tached to a flap of the folder with one edgeadjacent to and extending parallel with thr fold of the flaps of thefolder for the engagement of a ticket between said strip and flap tohold the ticket at an edge portion thereof, and the flap of the folderto which the strip is attached arranged with scoring in aline parallelwith the fold of the flap and spaced a distance therefrom equal to thewidth of the strip to provide said flap with a weakened portion tofacilitate the bending of the flap on said scoring to read ily presentthe ticket to and for punching by a conductor.

Signed at New York city, in the count of New York and State of New Yorkthis 3rd day of June, 1924.

LEON R. \VATERMAN.

